How CMS will assign labs, other providers to new MAC claims processing system
Medicare travel allowance policy: A quick Q&A guide—see Focus
Physician self-referral rules: CMS proposes new ‘stand in the shoes’ provisions impacting compensation: An analysis by attorney Robert E. Mazer
Medicare physician fee fix due soon on the Senate floor, other lab/pathology priorities lobby to ride along
NPI Update: Medicare fee-for-service compliance with NPI-only transactions, as of May 23, better than expected, with only scattered glitches, CMS reports

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June 9, 2008 - Table of Contents

NIR June 9, 2008 (full PDF issue)

CMS to Increase Medicare Travel Allowance on June 30

CDC Report Takes a New Look at the Status of U.S. Lab Medicine

CMS Spells Out Policy on Assigning Providers to MACs

A Quick Guide to Medicare Travel Allowance Policy

CMS Takes Another Look at Stark ‘Stand in the Shoes’ Rules

Senate to Soon Take Up Medicare Physician Fee Fix

NPI Update